Surface net smoothing for surface representation from binary sampled data
US6084593A · kind A · utility
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| Filing date | May 14, 1998 |
| Grant date | Jul 4, 2000 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | May 14, 2018 |
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- Technology area (CPC G)Physics
- CPC primaryG06T17/10
- WIPO fieldComputer technology
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
A system for generating a surface representation from binary sampled data cludes means for iteratively smoothing the surface representation, while constraining the surface to conform to details in the surface of the binary data. Means are also provided to convert the surface representation into a form useful for polygon rendering and for volume rendering, with the subject system useable to generate a smooth surfaces for high quality rendering of objects stored as binary-sampled data.
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